A rapper known as “Christ Bearer” reportedly severed his penis and then jumped from the second story of a North Hollywood condo building early Wednesday, seriously injuring himself in the apparent suicide attempt, police and witnesses said Wednesday.

The rapper, whose real name is Andre Johnson, is a member of the Long Beach-based rap group Northstar, which has produced at least three albums in the past decade and is affiliated with the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.

Police said the suicide attempt occurred in the 4500 block of Colfax Avenue about 12:50 a.m. Wednesday.

Friend and fellow rapper Rugged Monk, who lives in the second-story condo on Colfax, said in an interview that Johnson was one of several friends who had stopped by that night.

Rugged Monk, who declined to give his real name, said he was in his room reading a book by the Persian poet Rumi with his 10-year-old daughter when he heard some of his friends say that Johnson was cutting himself.

“They say, ‘hey, the dude’s in here whilin’ out. He’s off the Richter. He’s off the Richter scale,’” Rugged Monk said. “When I walked out, I seen some blood. I said, ‘Oh, shucks.’ When I seen the blood and ... he seen me, that’s when he jumped off the balcony.”

Rugged Monk said he asked a friend to call the paramedics because “I don’t want him to die.” Seeing him jump over the balcony, he said, “was the most shocking thing.”

Rugged Monk said he didn’t see where exactly Johnson had cut himself, but some of his friends who were there told him he had cut off his penis. Paramedics took a big bag of ice from his freezer after the incident, he said.

“I went back to the room,” said Rugged Monk, a member of the Wu-Tang affiliated group Black Knights. “I didn’t want to talk to anybody.... There was nothing I could tell the paramedics or the police.”

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He said he was glad his daughter didn’t see Johnson cutting himself because “this is not the kind of neighborhood I moved into for these kinds of things to happen.”

Rugged Monk said he couldn’t say whether Johnson may have been high that night but insisted they weren’t doing drugs at his home.

“That’s not what we do over here,” he said.

Los Angeles Police Department Officer Nuria Venegas told City News Service that no drugs were found at the scene and no arrests were made.

Northstar is described on the Wu-Tang website as a duo from the north side of Long Beach who have produced songs warning of the dangers of drugs and saluting their own Muslim beliefs. They were discovered by Wu-Tang member RZA, who produced some of their albums.

Johnson, along with his recovered penis, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment, Los Angeles police Sgt. William Mann told CNN.

A hospital spokeswoman would not confirm that Johnson, 40, was being treated, citing privacy reasons.

Rugged Monk said he didn’t know his friend’s condition Wednesday afternoon but was hoping for the best.